Heavily Guarded Hotel Siege Against Frantic Defendants
Post office inspectors surrounded a New York hotel room and refused to leave as they sought warrants to arrest Frances McLean and Thomas O Connor on charges of using the mails to defraud. The pair allegedly operated a penny scheme attracting investors from the Philadelphia district and beyond. The siege drew wide attention as officers blocked exits and sent for writs, while McLean claimed legal protections and taunted authorities from behind a closed door.
Two Centenarians Dead in Village Notice
Fragmented OCR mentions centenarians dying near a village, with unclear names and dates. Reading shows references to residents and timing around March, but details are garbled. The piece appears to be an obituary or death notice with limited readable entities.
Faithful Friend Enriched by Man’s Will After Thirty Years
An elderly man left a bequest of 23500 dollars to Tawele, a faithful friend who served him for three decades. The will notes Tawele’s loyal service and describes the distribution of the estate beyond other named beneficiaries.
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Tawele
Will of Man
Hitchcock Trial Opens as Lambs Suspend Comedian
Eleven jurors are to be chosen for Raymond Hitchcock's trial on a related charge. Assistant DA Garvan may open for the prosecution tomorrow morning. Hitchcock’s wife may appear as a witness, potentially unimportant, as the Thaw pew is noted and several Samba Club figures decline to testify. The Lambs Club has suspended Hitchcock pending the case.
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Washington Post
New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Garvan
John B Blanchfield
Hitchcock
Phaw
Thaw
Harry
Samba Club
The
Lambs Chub
Girl in New York Attempted Suicide Over Harassment at Work
Special to The Washington Post reports Miss Genevleya D Jones of Manhattan Avenue tried to poison herself after enduring relentless harassment from male patrons at a barber shop on 125th Street. Her brother in law, Patrolman Richard Golding, intervened, administered milk, called for an ambulance, and she recovered at Hood Wright Hospital. She said she came to New York three months ago from Michigan to earn a living as a manicurist, found the job hard, and faced daily invitations and importunities from customers.
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Washington Post
New York
Maril
Genevleya D Jones
Manhattan Avenue
Miss Jones
Richard Golding
Thirty Seventh Street
Golding
Police Department
Goldhng
J Hood Wright Hospital
Misa Jones
Mia Golding Ives
125Th Street
Man Yatan Avenue
Hopel
Jenne
Mr Golding
Autopsy Sheds Light On Goulds Dog Spot Mystery
A New York autopsy was ordered after Heath Baronet a prized English bulldog owned by Mr Gould appeared to show signs of poisoning. Spot named by the Gould family died after a sudden illness and a caretaker Duck Montague fell ill, possibly connected. The dog, three years old and famed in London Boston and New York, had won blue ribbons and was valued among the Gould kennels.
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New York
George J Gouti
Heath
Enery
Georgian Court
Gould
England
Heith Baronet
London
Boston
Spot
Montague
No Blame at Collinwood Coroner’s Fire Probe
Cleveland fire in Collinwood school blamed on faulty construction a partition near the stairway caused a deadly rush but no fault charged to any person. Janitor Frederick Hitter is exonerated. he found the fire and opened doors. Coroner urges fireproof school laws and automatic safeguards. Rochester mayor orders abandoning third story of public schools.
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Stile
Rochester
Folgerton
Fie
Mysterious Vanderbilt Governess Figure Called Margaret Dies
A young woman known to many artists as Margaret died of apoplexy on Broadway. Penrhyn Stanlaws identified the body at the morgue. He recalled her saying she had once been a governess in the Vanderbilt family and that she and Stanlaws had met in Paris. She spoke English German French and Italian and had been writing a travel book.
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Vanderbilt
Margaret
Broadway
Penryhn Stanlaws
Stanlaws
Ihn
Paris
Dudome
Marie Antoinette
England
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Seeks Divorce On Lunacy Grounds
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw filed an annulment suit in New York County Supreme Court against Harry Kendall Thaw and his mother Mrs William Thaw alleging Thaw was insane at the 1905 marriage. Service issues delayed proceedings. Thaw and his mother named as co defendants. The case aims to dissolve the marriage on grounds of incapacity with a possible large settlement for Nesbit Thaw to secure support pending the action.
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Washington Post
New York
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Dan O'Reilly
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New York County
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Sali
Matteawan Asylum
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Peabody
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Ahe
Ala Theater
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Harry Chey
Aston
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Muder
Clive
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Barry
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The Servant in the House comes to Belasco Theater
Belasco Theater next week features The Servant in the House by Charles Rann Kennedy with an acclaimed cast including Edith Wynne Matthi son Mabel Moore and Walter Hampden. Other offerings include The Traveling Salesman at Columbia Theater and John Drew in My Wife at the National Theater with a notable supporting cast.
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Belasco Theater
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Edith Wynne Matthison
Mabel Moore
Walter Hampden
Tyrone Power
Galwey Herbert
Charles Dalton
Arthur Lewis
Natonal
John Drew
Wife
The
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Ele Houss
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Rex McDougall
Morton Selten
Warathy Tennant Ida
Steeley Smith
Hope Latham
Kate Pattison Selten
Beech Hargis Gains Delay In Murder Trial
In Jackson Mississippi on March 1 affidavits filed by the defense lead to a seven day continuance in the murder case against Beech Hargis accused in the death of his father Judge James Hargis feud leader. The affidavits claim attorney J J Bach was unable to proceed and Flood Day, uncle of the defendant, was absent from court.
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Casa Arainat
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J J Bach
Cts
Conservative Welfare Movement Bar Suffragettes in New York
New York march 11 in a conservative welfare effort led by Mrs Anne Morgan Mrs Joseph Medill McCormick and Mrs Marcus A Hanna the Womens Welfare Committee rejects suffrage pushing for home focused reforms. Leaders say educated mothers can improve working conditions and co operate with men to help wage earners. Chicago plans new branch of the National Civic Federation with Mrs Parr to lead local efforts.
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New Movement
Joseph Medill McCormick
Chicago
Jin
Marcus A Hanna
Timothy Healy
Brotherhood
Mrs Roosevelt's Trip Arrangements in Birmingham
Arrangements were made in Birmingham for transport of Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and a party of friends over the Alabama Great Southern on March 27. Information indicates the party will board the Alabama Great Southern train at Chattanooga on March 3 evening and pass through Birmingham shortly after midnight. Destination is not known but believed to be Vicksburg where the President's yacht may await their arrival.
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Ala
Theodore Roosevelt
Alabama Great Southern
Chattanooga
Vicksburg
Mrs Roosevelt Accounts as Guardian for Roosevelts
Mrs Holth K Roosevelt, wife of President Roosevelt and guardian for her children Kermit and Ethel, filed her annual accounting in the Surrogate's Court at Mineola. The will of their granduncle James Gracie left each child $5,000, and Mrs Roosevelt reports a free mortgage on 443 West Twenty fifth Street and interest on each child’s money totaling $77 deposited in the Seamen's Bank.
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Mineola
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Holth K Roosevelt
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Kermit
Ethel Roosevelt
Surrogada's
James Bh Gracie
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Seamen's Bank
King decorates Americans in Mass with Italian honor
Boston March 11 official notification from Italian authorities says the King of Italy nominated him grand officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. The decoration also goes to President Charles W Eliot of Harvard. The king thanks Massachusetts for last year’s reception of his cousin the Duke of the Abruzza and for banking statutes that aided Haifan immigrants.
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Ffor Guild
Italy
Order of the Crown of
Charles W Eliot
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Duke of
Poillons Off To Island In Three Months
The Poillons departed the Yomba for Starkwells Island penitentiary at 3 PM under a deputy sheriff and Warden Flynn. Justice Fitzgerald of the Supreme Court had dismissed their writ of habeas corpus, clearing the path to incarceration and allowing the warden to rest easier.
Cured of Heavy Cold by Father John's Medicine
Frederick Mudrak of 4 Barnaby Street Geneva Providence RI writes Father Johns Medicine cured his bad cough and cold quickly and left him in good health. He advised friends who suffered from coughs and colds to take it. The note claims no opium morphine or poisonous drugs and states fifty years in use.
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Mudrak
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Miners Forecast April Mine Suspension Across Bituminous Fields
Delegates arrive for United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis as John Mitchell warns of an inevitable suspension after April. Mine Workers Journal urges public calm amid fears of fuel price spikes, noting coal stocks and coordinated operator action will prevent a long blackout and minimize lasting disruption.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Mine Workers Journal Today
Mlng
Biggest Hand Not Out Yet in Des Moines Cribbage Quest
Des Moines men Milo Ward Col John Superior Polk County sheriff W M Heanon and Samuel Neidig pursue a million point cribbage game. They aim to prove that a twenty nine point hand cannot occur in such a colossal match, a seven year effort that has yet to yield a twenty eight hand. Their study tests a long standing claim in card play.
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Washington Post
Des Moines Iowa
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Milo Ward
Commercial Club
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Polk County
W M Heanon
Public Library Board
Samuel Neidig
Gould's room mate hurt in York armory incident
Cordova L E Garmandia, a Columbia soph and Jay Gould's roommate, was seriously injured when his horse fell during squadron drills at Ninety fourth Street and Madison Avenue. Dr Frederick K Van Buren Jr treated him at the armory before he was moved to Roosevelt Hospital with a brain concussion.
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Garmandia
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Murder confession doubted by police in Wyoming Valley case
Rogaline Williams, a Wilkes-Barre girl who says she hired an assassin to kill Cameron Cool, is suspected of insanity or fabrication. Police note handwriting on a letter matches the girl, while her sister and a hospital matron urge caution as custody continues.
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Wilkesbarre
Merli
Combonve
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Cameron Cool
West Pittston
John Dixon
CW Leroy
Wilson
Bertels
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Coal
Balloon lands near ocean after rapid flight from Pittafield
The balloon Stevens No 21 ascended from Pittafield Massachusetts at 11:09 am and landed in Hampton Falls New Hampshire at 2:15 pm, within a mile of the Atlantic. Pilot Lea Stevens and passenger William F Whitehouse, both of New York, reported about 134 miles traveled in three hours and six minutes at an average speed over 43 mph.
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Doctor Crook Sues Railroad Over Wreck Victims Care
Dr Crook seeks 6361 dollars from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Circuit Court. Letters from railroad officials offered as evidence to show targeting of medical payments to wreck victims. Testimony described brutal rescue scenes and disputes over contracts and settlements. Jury to hear more as case continues with bank director Wheatley named.
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Wilton J Lambert
Crooks
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Rairoad
Crook
L J Battle
Song Recital Delights Audience With Varied Selections
The recital featured soprano Rocamora Marsh with a clear high voice and strong midrange as Peter Wilbur Howard and the guitar club delivered notable contributions. The program spanned opera arias, polkas, melodies in several languages, and featured the Norlea Wandin and Guitar Club under director Holt, delivering an entertaining evening.
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Suanna Rocamora
Marsh
Wilbur Howard Peter
Mat Iolin
Mitrel Izier
Pirties
Held on murder charge in Carter death
Flordge A Brady, a Black man, was held by a coroner’s jury investigating Wilford Carter’s death. The jury remanded him for a jal. Testimony said Brady mistook Carter for another man and struck him twice with a fence picket. Deputy Conner Glaze testified Carter died from a fractured skull.
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Wilford Carter
Carter
Trouine
Conner Glazebrook
Crocker to Under Knife in New York
George Crocker owner of a quarter share in the Crocker estate in San Francisco will undergo major stomach surgery in New York Saturday. Dr William J Bull will operate after a Pacific Coast medical consultation. Crocker, who lives at 1 East Sixty fourth street, was visited by his brother William in New York, while sister Mrs C Alexander of West Fifty eighth street will attend.
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Sperial
Simple home remedy promises to cure rheumatism
An advertisement claims a herbal mixture, containing Dandelion Fluid Extract, Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla, and other ingredients, can cleanse kidneys and bladder, relieve rheumatic waste, and strengthen the body. It urges readers to prepare the blend at home, asserting hospital tests support its effectiveness.
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